there is NO love in your violence

this is really a venting in regards to something that has happened to an acquaintance of mine... a cool person that i know is currently in jail in tampa, florida for agg. assault with a deadly weapon. you can get the story else where, and to me that is not the point. the bottom line is that some redneck fuckin bouncers decided to beat the shit out of somebody who probably could have been easily detained had the situation been handled professionally, by trained bouncers. yeah, they were a little gun-shy after a completely separate incident a few weeks before, but NO ONE deserves the beating my friend endured. to me all that should have been done is to get the appropriate parties involved(my friend's crew) and escort this man out. there is no reason that this should have escalated to the point that it did. and by all means, my friend was wrong. however, he was drunk and last time i checked the consumption of alcohol is legal. bouncers, who, theoretically, deal with this kind of shit every day, have the obligation to be properly trained and to provide safety to everyone-- not take advantage of a situation and use it as an excuse to serve someone his own ass on the street with 3 skull fractures(probably compensation for other inadequacies). was this excessiveness necessary? i don't think so. after my friend was laid out on the street, apparently, the bouncers continued the abuse(heresy). meanwhile, where are his friends? hmmmm. a lot of them were at home or out doing their things on a friday or saturday night not knowing what was happening until a few days later, while others(and perhaps even closer friends) were in the club and did not defend(at least not as early as could have prevented this mess) nor negotiate with the obnoxiously drunk club patron to get him to leave on his own accord(and perhaps, therefore even contributed to the fiasco). ultimately, regardless of the circumstances, there is more than one person to blame(i can think of the bartender, bouncers, friends at the scene, alcohol industry, and the patron himself at minimum). and now, after the fact, what about the ones that know him? where is the support? luckily, there are those who can help and have contributed to the 'cause', financially, others have contributed through spreading the word, and yet some, who, for whatever BULLSHIT REASON, have decided to ignore the situation or have taken the 'holier than though' elitist attitude . FUCK YOU(not forever 'cause i don't hold grudges, i've always been beyond such childish behavior)! FUCK ELITISM(it's only a notch away from dictatorship and the Bush administration(or substitute whichever president is in office, which we all seem to be soooo against))! whatever happened to doing what's right? one may not agree with the situation, but what is right? what is fair? in my view, supporting a friend(or so-called former friend) out-ways any personal problem one has AT THAT TIME with that friend, especially when such an injustice is involved. think about it... if our friends ditched us when the going got tough, where would we be? probably dead or in jail. (REALLY, think about it!) when we are in trouble, is it then time for others to pass judgment and let things lie as they are and ignore the situation? we are so caught up in our own agendas, causes, and personal hang-ups that we just let these injustices occur without seeking to amend these friendships and do the right thing. LIFE IS TOO SHORT! we have a friend(we all have these kinds of friends) that needs help. if the situation were reversed would you not EXPECT the same from them? you've done it for me. i hope i've done it for you. fuck the circumstances(it's all heresy at this point, anyway). let's rally around our friend. (and I don't give a fuck that he probably would not do it for me). WHO CARES! really, who cares? YOU SHOULD CARE. this is what is wrong with this place we CALL the land of the free. we are so occupied by our own self ambition(and damn you if you get in my way mentality!), that we lose the attributes of ourselves that are most important: friendship and generally getting along with one another. these are major parts of human existence that separate us from animals. i fuckin care about each and every one of you and i will do what i can to help you should crisis find its way into your life. can you not do the same? as for KarloZ, get well, get back on your feet, and don't let THE MAN or any disgruntled fan get you down. fuck 'em. and goddamnit leave the knives in a safe place!